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HEMPSTEAD, LONG ISLAND, N. Y. 



A GENEALOGICAL STUDY 

REVISED EDITION 



BY 



EDW. DOUBLEDAY HARRIS 

Member of the Massachusetts Historical Society, and 
of the New Ejjgland Historic Genealogical Society 



THE NEW ERA PRINTING CO. 

LANCASTER. PA. 

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INTRODUCTORY NOTE 



The writer, in the following pages, presents to those interested 
in the Mott Fa:mily of Long Island a condensed statement of what 
has been aeconiplisiied in the preparation of the Genealogy of the 
Descendants of Adam of Hempstead. 

Since the distribution of the first edition of these pages in 1899 
some errors therein have been detected, new lines of descent have 
lieen detenniiied, and some questions then in abeyance have been 
decided. Tliis edition, as was its predecessor, is issued for free dis- 
tribution in order to enlist the interest and cooperation of others. 

Very many of tliose l)earing the same surname, and presumably 
descended from Adam Mott, fail to trace their lines back to him. 
There are two reasons for this, — first, the almost entire absence of 
early public vital statistics, and, — second, the frequent and persistent 
occurrence of the same christian names in the family, sufficient in 
itself to baffle the most careful and patient attempt to identify the 
individuals. It is only by the collection of as large a number as is 
possible of family and bible manuscript records of undeniable au- 
thenticity, and by their careful study and comparison, that satisfac- 
tory results can be expected. The writer urges all those to whom 
this paper shall come, in the interest of their clan, to contribute copies 
of such records as they may possess, and supply him with other in- 
formation that may place him in position to insure the best results 
of his labor. 

Beside the known and the presumptive descendants of Adam 
^lott on Long Island there are others of the name there of undeniably 
different origin. Contemporary with Adam of Hempstead two others 
of the name were there, Cornelius, whose stay Avas short, and who 
appears to have entered service against the Indians on the mainland, 
and is not afterwards heard of,^ — and another, called Lorus or Lowras, 
hiter Lawrens and Lawrence, Avho ultimately settled in Oyster Bay. 
He had two or three sons, Thomas^ (wife Deborali), John^ (wife 
•Margaret) the carpenter of Wolver Hollow, and, apparently, Adani'^. 
Descendants have lived in that vicinity for many years. The late 
John Anderson Nichols Mott of Bro.oklyn was of this stock, as was 
.larvis of Brooklyn, and the Motts of ^It. Vernon. 

'Hie Xortliport .Motts, and those of Sagharbor and East Hampton, 
derive from Jacob (wife Deborah) whose origin, 1 believe, is not 
determined. 

Descendants of Adjini (wife Sarah) of Essex Co., Mass., a co- 
Ic'mjKjrary of Adam of lleni|»ste;»(J, :])assed to Rhode Island, Block 
Ishind and Connecticut, ;ind oc(;fiyi<>nal individuals have crossed to 
Long Island to perplex the genealogist. 

EnwAiiD D. IIahiiis, 
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THE DESCENDANTS OF ADAM MOTT, 

OF HEMPSTEAD, LONG ISLAND. 

Adam Mott is first lunml of in KilTt. wlicn In- wns of New York. 
On till' -.'Sill of July, 1(;47, he iiiMnicd thciv. .huic Ihili-l, Ik- tlnii as 
from e-ountv Essox, and slic. a maid, from coiintv l^uckiii'diam ilis 
oldest cliildrcn Adam and .lames were haptizeil in New York. 'W-n 
years later he was settled at Hempstead, on llic noitli >liipr(', wlurr he 
continned 1o reside until his death. Then' are several im]t(irtant 
doeuments ujjon recoi-d coneernin^f him. One, dated l(;s->, einimt'r- 
ates hi? ''four sonns hy my First witTe .lane Mott, vi/. .\ddam, .Fcams, 
John and .Josepli.'" 'I"hc stcdml is his Will, dated March ]'i, I(iSl-2, 
wherein he names his " eldest s(m Adam," sons .lames, .lohn, .lo.-cph 
and (lershom, dau. (Jraee, three children of his deceased son llcnry, 
" youn<jest son Adam," wife Elizaheth and "all ye children 1 have 
hy lier." The third document is an agreement dated 1(!!»1 l»y which 
the widow confirms certain lands to sons hv the first marria<rc, viz. 
Adam, James, .John and .Tose])li, Ijcinfj joined therein hy one of her 
own sons, Tiiclihel], ]ir(»i)ahly the only one then of a,<ie. The last of 
these (locumcnis is a release given hy John Okeson, in l^(i:?, (who 
had meantime married the youngest daughter hy the second wife,) 
of his interest in the estate wliich .\dam Mott "* did give to his six 
voungest children whicli he liad hv his last wife Elizaheth. unto 
Kichi)ell Mott, William ^NFott, Charles Mott and Adam Mott, .Ir. 

The second wife of Adam ^fott w'as the daughter of Ann, the wife 
of John rjichhell of Mamaroneck, prohahly hy a jirevions hu>han(l 
whose name was Kedinan. She nuirried not long jirior to .Nov. .". 
lOOl, Rohcrt Huhs, and was living as late as KiilS, as his wife 

Adam !^^ott died prohahly a little while hefore Apr. .">, KilM). 

His children were: — 

Adam-, .James-, Henry-, (irace-, John-, Joseph-, (.Jershom-, hy 
the first wife, and 

EichhelF, :\Iaryanne2, Elizaheth-', William-, CharlesS, and Adam^, 
l)y the second wife. 

Of the daughters, Grace mai'i'ied .lonathan Smith. .Ir.. and l-^liza- 
beth mar. .John Okeson. 

Adam-, tlie oldest son, was hapt. in New York N<n-. II, Kit!). 
His wife seems to have been ^lary, the dau. of .Nicholas Stillwell. 
He was of Hempstead, a Justice of the Peace, and in 171.'? was living 
at the south side, at IJockaway. Nothing is known of him or of his 
wife after 1719. The only children known as his were Ann-', Mary^ 
and Adani"^, all on the census list of 1()!)8. Of the daus. nothing is 
known. The son Adanr"' had, some time before 171!>, married his half 
cousin Elizabeth [Nfott, and was living at liockaway, but later was of 
Staten Island, where he was the county clerk from 1728 to 17.38. He 
was afterwards "of the Province of Pennsylvania, gentleman." and 
died sometime before ^farch 17-tl>, when his widow gave the adminis- 
tration bond. She made her Will in 1777 (proved 1778) then of 






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Statt-n I?. Their children were Elizabeth-*, who before 1743 had mar. 
Benj. Seaman, and liiehbell-*, who mar. HoG Mar}' Seamans, dau. of 
liichard and Sarah, and died before Julv 11, 1745, leaving a son 
EichbelF. 

Nothing further lias l)een learned of this branch of tlie famih'. 
The residence on Staten Island, ])lace of burial, and particulars of 
the descendants of Adam^ and Elizabeth are much desired. 

James-', the second son of AdaniV, was bapt. in Xew York Oct. 
1."), IGol. A license was granted Sep. 5, 1070, for his marriage to 
Marv Kedman, the daughter-in-law (step-daughter) of John Eicli- 
bell. He was living at Hempstead in 1682, but had removed to 
Mamaroneck in KiDU, where his wife died before 1698. He married 

again Elizabeth who survived him and administered his estate 

170T. His children were Elizabeth^, Grace-^, James^, Phebe^, and 
]\Iartha-", all living in 1698. The son James^, was of Mamaroneck in 
1728, but nothing further of this branch has been learned. The 
Motts of ]\Iamaroneck in the next centurv were descendants of 
EichbelF. 

Henry-, (probably the third) son of Adam^ Mott died Xov. 21, 
1680, and administration was issued to his widow Hannah ISTov. 13, 
1682. His real estate was a house and seventeen acres of land at 
Hempstead. Three minor children were living in 1682, their names 
unknown. Xothing further is known of them, and in 1G98 none 
appears on the census list of Hempstead, unless the Grace Mott, living 
in family of John Cornwell, was a daughter. 

John-, son of Adam^ Mott, born about 1658, mar. Sarah, daughter 
of John Seaman, was of Hempstead, and had living in 1698 children 
John-', James^, Sarah"^, and Martha^, and two sons born later, Pat- 
rick^ and Henry'^. He is traced to the year 1727, and then disap- 
pears from the record. It has not been possible as yet to identify a 
John of Hempstead with wife Eebecca, as his son, although there is 
a strong j^robability of the connection. Xor is the son James-"' traced. 
One James was of Hempstead, whose son James mar. Anna Rogers at 
Huntington in 1723 and gave rise to a long line of descendants, but 
the connection with John- is problematical. The discovery of John's 
biljle or family record is very much to be hoped for, and it seems 
highly i)robable that some Long Island home will yet prove to be its 
possessor, and so solve many perj)lexing questions. 

Of Patrick-', who was a man of prominence in Hempstead (south), 
we know strangely little. He was born 1698-1701, was certainly 
alive in 1771, and dead in 1775. He, or a son of the same name, had 
wife Deborah who died 1792, aged 64. One Patrick, ])erhaps a grand- 
son, and certainly son of a William, died in 1845, then of Xew York, 
aged 55, leaving son Richard ^\'ood and daughter Mary W. 

Henry-', born about 1702, was of Rockaway. His will was made 
in 1767. His cliildren then living were Adam^, Hannah^, the wife 
of a Lewes, Abigail-*, the wife of a Foster, Henry-*, Sarah-*. Richard-*, 
Mary*, John^, and Elizabeth-*. 

Adam', named as the executor of his father's Will, but of whom 
we know little, was of Woodsburgh, d. about 1790, the father of 
Henry H.'' (who mar. Mary Seaman and died 1844 leaving children 



llcnrv'-, Adiim", David Sciiniaii'', 1 laiiiiali''', Kli/alxlli'', Al.i,<,'ail", 
Marv'', and -laiic'"'). and Adam'', who rcMmvcd tn K'cnssalaor Co. X. Y. 

Henrv', tlic second son, Imni Nov. ".'•.'. lliio, was of I Icnipslcad, 
mar. Marv Soutliaid and died HUH, al)()ut tlic lime his fathir ilid. 
The widow married (lari'et Hurtis and reinoviMl to Dutchess Co. Tho 
sons were William'', lli-nrv'"', -James'', and Samuel"'. William' was 
of X'eriiank, Dtilthess Co., married Liitelia Losee. and died llMf); 
doscendants are now of Ponghkeepsio. Of Henry'' and James'' noth- 
ing: can he iTiithered; their descendants nnist h(> looked for in Dutchess 
Co. Samui'l'', I), after liis father's death, in IIOS, married Merihetli 
Riehetson and died in Dnrliani, Greene Co., 1S42. His children were 
Henrv"', of (Jorham, I'owland", of Greene Co. and later of Pough- 
keepsie. wliere his son Samuel" now lives, K'icketson", Elizaheth*', 
mar. ]\Iorgan Jones, Jane'', mar. jMlmnnd P)i'ant, and Ruth*', mar. 
Gilbert Titns. 

Richard'*, the third son of llcnry. was of \'alley Stream and alive 
in 1708. He had two sons, Elkanalr"', horn ITfil, died IS-^-i, with no 
issue, and Pichhell'', a tohacconist id' Xew York, and later of Far 
Pockaway with son Stephen*^ of whom we know nothing. 

John-*, the youngest son of Henry, horn Api-. 17, 1748, was of Far 
Pockaway. He was married twice, tirst to Martha Sannnis. and lust 
to Lncy Nichols. He was the ow'ncr of large real estate and the 
father of Sammis-'', David''^, Hanioh'', William^, Pichard-'', Calvin H.-'', 
John-'', and Benjamin BirdsalP. Most of the Motts of F^ir Pockaway 
are of this stock. 

Joseph- (prohahly the fifth) son of AdanP ]\rott, was of Cow 
Xeck, a veslrvman of St. (ieorge"s parish, and had wife ]\Iaria]n. His 
Will was made ]Mar. 24, 1734-5 and was proved in Feb. following. 
His children were Mariam^ married Samuel Cornell, Jane^ mar. Benj. 
Seamans, and three sons, Joseph^, Samuch'' and Jacoh'^ (the last horn 
Aug. !), i;i4 or "15). All had issue. 

Joseph^, the oldest, born KiiXJ or earlier, mar. his half cousin 
Deborah"^, dau. of Pichbell^ Mott. and for 2d wife, June 3, 1759, 
Catliren Boerum. He was vestryman of St. George's from 1743 to 
"!•. He removed to Charlotte Precinct, Dutchess Co., and made a 
Will in 17(i"^ which was proved in 1765. His children by first wife 
were Kichai'i]'. .losepIH. ^lartha'* who mar. James Valentine, Jane-* 
who mai'. Timothy Smitli. I'dizabeth' who nuir. Samuel Smith, 
SamueH, and Jemima* who mar. Joliii Cannon. By second wife 
there were Pichard^ (-<1)' Jacob^ and Catherine^. Picbard"*, the 
eldest, remained in Hempstead, mar. l^lizaljcth Smith and died 1757-8 
without issue. Joseph-*, mar. Jan. ]9, 1748-!) JMiehe Smith, had a 
son Joseph', ami was living in Charlotte Precinct 1767 and in Clinton 
1789. The father and son, together with Samuel-* and Jacob*, the 
younger l)rothers of Joseph^ all being Tories, went, soon after, to the 
northwestern part of A'ci'inont, and settled in that part of Caldwell's 
Manor which is now Alburgh. Their descendants are numerous Ijoth 
on the Canadian side and in the northern counties of Vermont and 
Xew Y'ork. Of Pichard^ ('^^d) nothing has been learned. 

Samuel", the second son of Joseph-, was Ixu-n in 1707, nuirried 
:Mav -.^7. IT-.^S ;\lartha Smith. He died Feb. 15. 173(5-7, leaving a 



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Will of tlu' prcNiuus Dec. 21, in which his wife and " cliildren " are 
mentioned. The widow married John Hicks. Xothing whatever 
has been learned of his descendants, not even the names of his 
children. l)ut it is jjrohahle that some of the families of the name now 
in the neighborhood of Hemi^stead are of this l)ranch. 

Jacob'', the youngest son of Joseph-, was born Aug. 7, ITl-t or 
'15. He was first of Cow Xeck, and later of Oyster Bay, and the 
progenitor of several prolific lines. He married, July IG. 1735, 
Abigail Jackson. In 1703 he was a petitioner to the town of Hemp- 
stead in l)ehalf of St. George's parish for a plot adjoining the burial 
ground to increase its capacity. He served the Colony as captain 
of Queen's Co. militia, and voted Nov. 7, 1775 for deputies to the 
Provincial Congress. On Jan. 1, 1776, with thirty of his Cow Xeck 
neighl)ors he signed " the form of association,'' recommended the 
previous April, which bound the signers " under all the ties of religion, 
honor, and love of country, to adopt and endeavor to carry into ex- 
ecution whatever measures may be recommended by the Continental 
Congress or resolved on by our Provincial Convention for the purpose 
of preserving our constitution and opposing the execution of the 
several arbitrary and oppressive acts of the British Parliament." He 
died Oct. G, 18U5, his will being dated at Oyster Bay, Aug. '^3, 1803. 
Of his thirteen children seven only lived to maturity. Isaac^, Euth^, 
who mar. successively Jordan Lawrence and Stephen Coles, Samuel 
Jackson-*, Jacob^, Miriam-*, who mar. Benjamin Birdsall, Eichard^, 
and Joseph^. 

Isaac^, the oldest, born May G. 1743, nuirried Anne Coles, daughter 
of Joseph and Freelove (Weeks) Coles. Her benevolence was actively 
exerted to relieve the necessities and sufferings of American prisoners 
during the Eevolution, and she was made the recipient of a table 
cloth, now cherislied by her descendants, which was given her by some 
officers confined in the Sugar House (for sketch of her life see N. Y. 
Gen. &' Biog. Eecord. Jan. and April. 1!>0.")). Isaac jMott died in 
178U, leaving issue, Samuel Coles''', of Sing Sing, Jordan^', of Xew 
York, Jacob Coles-"", of Xew York, and Jerusha-''. 

Of these, Samuel Coles^, b. Xov. 19, 17()G, drowned Oct. 30. 1839, 
mar. ^lary Leonard, who d. Xov. 22, lS2(i; issue, seven children, of 
whom Samuel Leonard'', b. Aug. IG, 1803, d. Mar. 29. 1871, mar. 
Lavinia, dan. of liev. (Jeorge and Jerusha^ (Mott) Strel)eck. Jordair', 
b. Leb. G, 17G8, mar. (1) Elizabeth, dau. of Janu's Ellison of Hemp- 
stead (see Allison Eamily Gen. p. 245), no issue, and (2) Lavinia 
(Winifred) dau. of James Striker of Striker's Bay, by whom he had 
seven sons; he was a merchant of Peai'l St. X. Y., and first treasurer 
of St. Stephen's i*. V.. Church. Jacob Coles-'"', b. Jan. 5. 1770. mar. 
]\Iary (Jreen Smith, was a leather dresser in the Swainp. and first clerk 
of St. Stephen's. Jeruslur', b. Feb. 5. 1772, mar. Ei'v. (ieorgc Stre- 
beck, and died 1811. He was the translator of the l^utberan cate- 
chism, pastor of Zion Lutheran Chnreh (now a com])onent ])art of 
Zion and St. Tinujthy), and founder and first rector of St. Stephen's 
in N. \. lie was also rector of (irace Church, Jamaica, and prin- 
cipal f)r a young ladies' school at Fredericksburg, \'a. 

Samuel Jackson^*, second son of Jacob'-, hoi-n l-'cli. (i, 1753, lived 
at North Hempsteail. niai-ricd (lloriiinna Coles, and died about 1828. 



His cliililiTii wi'iv .hiiiiis''. .)()S('|)li'', .Miriam'', llic \\\{\' <tl" .ImIih Car- 
penter, Elizahetlr', the wife of Charles Kissaiii, lifiijainiii''. Mary'^, 
the wife of Titus Hoeriini. .\lti<iail''. the uil'i' of 'riiiiolhy TowiiseiKl, 
and .lacoh C.-''' 

Jaeol)^. the third son ot .lat-ol)", horn .liiiic '.UK J ^ •'>'>. wa- nl' New 
York, and an alderman, married Dehorah liawrence. and dii-d Au^'. 
IG, 1»S'^;}. lie hail tour sons, William Laurence'', <;rofcr, of New 
York, and tiie >:randrather td' Ifev. (Icniiic S." Mott. of Newark, 
Eichard J^awrenee"', of New York, Jacoh Lawn-nee', (Quaker preacher, 
of Tarrytown (houirht in IH'Hk and occupied, the house there made 
famous hy lr\im:-. in which Ithahod Crane courted Katrina van 
Tassel), and Jordan Law n-ncc'. of New ^'ork. tlie fatlier of (he 
present doi'dan I..'*, of Moit llaveu. 

Richard"*, the fourth son of Jacoh-'', horn May !'. t^iil. was of 
Eoslyn, died Xov. 1. ISLL and had Jacoii S.-', of [{oslyn. AiiiiraiF', 
wife of Isaac Kirhy. lOlisha S.''. rhehe-'. wife of Samuel Kissam. 

Joseph"*, the younijest son of Jacoh". horn Aui:. "^l. K<;:'>. had die(] 
before ISO;'), leavinji" a nunor dauLditer IMiehe-''. 

Gershom-, the yountrest son of Adam' Mott hy his first wife, had 
removed to .Monmouth. N. J., hcfore KiS."). marrie(l Catherine Bowne. 
was high-slierilf and mend)er of the Provincial Asseudily. and died 
about 1T;>;>. None of his descendants api)ear later in Long Island. 
The late General Cer.-liom'' Moti was the great grandson of his son 
William"'. A notice of this lu'anch of the family is in tln' N. ^'. (len. 
&- Biographical liecord of 18!) L 

Richbell-, the oldest son of Adam' Molt hy his second wife, was of 
Great Xeck. He nuirried. 1(190, Klizaheth Thorne, and died in the 
fall of lT;)-i. His children were I'Mmuud". liii-hhell'', who a|)parently 
died soon after his uuijority and unmarried, l-'lizahi'tlr'. the wife of 
Adaiu'^ ^lott of Staten Is..- Mary', wife of Jo. Treadwell. Itichard-', 
Ann-'', the wife successively of Daniel Kissam and ,Iotham Tow iiseml. 
JeniinuT", wife of Ste])heu Wood. Kezia'". wife of .lohn Jack-on. and 
Deborah-', wife of Jose])h-" ]\lott of Dutchess Co. 

Edmund-\ the oldest son, was of Cow Neck, lb- married Catherine 
Sands in 172G and died in IT-to. They were Friends. lU'sides the 
oldest child ]Margarct^. Westhurv records givi' births of Kii-hbelM, 
17-<>8, Edmund-*. 'n.-io. and Jolni^ i::V>. 'KichbelM was of Hemp- 
stead (north), mar. 1749 Deborah Dodge, and d. 1T.")S leaving two 
daughters only. I-]dmund''. a mai'iner, nuir. 17~u\ Deborah Sands and 
died without issue. John"* was of Cow Xei-k. d. ITst without issue, 
and probably unnuir. 

liicbard-'. the other surviving son. marrit-d 111! Sarah l\'arsall, 
was of Hempstead where be bought the liobinson mill property of 
Thonuis Pearsall. and of .N. ^■.. called "bolter." lie died .Vug. \'k 
1743 and his widow married IJichard Alsop in !• 1^. The only child 
was James*, b. 8. 8. 174"-^. merchant, of Hecknum St.. N. ^'.. and of 
Manuironeek. He nuir. 17(>."), Mary rnderhill. and died May 7, 
18'i;5 in X. Y. His cbihln-n were I\i(-har<b''. b. 17(i:. (^laker 
preacher of ^lanuironeck. Anne'', b. 17(is. mar. .\dam' Mott of the 
Youngest branch, liobert-", b. 1771, the N. \. mert-hant. and Saniuel,° 
b. 1773, of X. ^'. and Brooklyn. All were Friends. Their descend- 
ants have been maile known hy ibe |udtlication of y\r. CorneH's book 



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"Adam & Anne ^lott,"' a daii. of this Jainos^ being the Anne of the 
narrative. 

William- ^lott, tlie second son of Adam^ by the second wife, was 
born Jan. 'iO, Kwl. His wife was Hannah Ferris. They lived at 
Great Xeck, where lie died Jnne 30, 1740. Issue were an only son 
Willianr"*, Plannah^*, Avife of Philip Pell, Martha-^ and Elizabeth-^, 
both of whom died nnniarried. 

William-', the only son, born 1705), was of Great Xeck and mar. 
6, 18, 1742, Elizabeth, dan. of Henry and Mary Allen (not Elizabeth 
Valentine, as often told). Their children that survived childhood 
were William-*, James^, Elizabeth-*, mar. David T^nderhill, Samuel^, 
John^. Henry^, Eichard-*, Joseph-*, Benjamin^, and Hannah* who d. 
unmar. 1805. 

William^ the oldest, b. 8, 1, 1743, merchant of 240 Water St., 
N. Y., mar. Mary Willis, and d. at Great Xeck 30, 3, 1825, leaving 
three sons, William Willis^, b. 1791, Eobert Willis-^, b. 1796. and 
James Willis-"^, b. 1799, all merchants of Xew York. Samuel* was a 
Xew York merchant, mar. Sarah Franklin, and was father of William 
F.^ and Samuel F."' The present John L. B.^ Mott of Xew York is 
of this brancli. Henry* was the distinguished physician, married 
Jane Way, and was the father of Jolm Way-^ and the well known Dr. 
Valentine^ Mott who died in 18(55. 

James^ and Eichard-* died ])robably unmar.. certainly with no 
surviving issue. Joseph-* mar. Abigail Thorne and d. 1801. leaving 
Joseph S.'^, and a posthumous dau. Susan-*, wdio mar. Isaac S. Allen. 
Benjamin'*, associated in business in X. Y. with his brother Joseph*, 
mar. Elizabeth Akerly and d. 181(5 leaving Benjamin A.'\ Alfred A.^, 
and Eliza A.^ who mar. Wm. H. Titus. For a complete account of 
this branch of the familv see article bv the writer in X. Y. Gen. & 
Biog. Eecord, XXXYI, p. 239. 

Charles- ^lott, the third son of Adam* 1)y the second -wife, was 

married probably not much before 1(595 to Elizabeth , who 

apparently died in his life time. His Will was made Feb. 10. 1740 
and proved Mar. 11 of same or next year. He was the owner of lands 
in Cacayas or Kakiat (Xew Hempstead) in Orange Co. His chil- 
dren were Charles'^ Gcrshom-", Jacob-'', Amos-', Benjamin-', Adam-^, 
Maryann-'' who having lieen first the wife of a Starkin. then married, 
1730, I'atrick Garrell, Elizabeth"', who married a Hunter, and John-^. 
Charles^, the eldest, l)orn in l(i9() or earlier, had wife Deborah 
before 1729, settled on his father's tract at Kakiat and was dead in 
1748. leaving three sons, Joseph-*. Samuel-*, of whom we know nothing, 
and Sylvanus*. who was ])robab]y the Haverstraw man of that name 
who niade his Will in 1785. The surname still is found about Haver- 
straw, but documentary proof is wanted to complete the connection. 
Gersliom"', the second son of Cliarles- Mott, was also a settler at 
Kakiat, with his wife Ruth. He died 1758-!). and his Will tells us 
his issue were Solduioii*. (iersliom*. ^lary*, tlu> wife of Peter Lott, 
p:iizal)eth*, the wife of a Clark. Cbarles* and Benjamin-*, all of whom 
were alive in 1758. Solomon* was ol' Kingwood, X. J., and I think 
his only son (icrsliom'' died witliout male issue, (iershom"* was also at 
Kingwood, and later at Baltimore, where he died in 1773. Of 
Charles'* and Benjaniiir' iiotliing is foimd in tbc Orange Co. records. 



Jacol)"'. Amos'", and Ik'njaiiiin-', ilir tliinl, loiirlli and fifth sons 
of Cliarlcs- .Mott. all died bcfoiv IT IS without issue. 

Adam'', the sixth son of Charles-, was jierhaps the saiTio man that 
nuirried Mlizaiieth Smith and lived at ("ow Neck. He eertainlv was 
the father of daeoh', David', Jonathan' and .Mar\ Ann', all alive 
in 1T4S, hut nothin<i' further is known of them. 

John'', the seventh son of ('hai'h's-, was alive in IT IS with two 
ehildren, Marv Ann' and Benjamin^, hut nolhiii;^ further is known 
of father or ehildren. The fact lliat this lienjamin* iidierited lands 
at Cape b'ear, X. C, from his bachelor unele Benjamin-' su;;^'ests the 
thought that the W'ilmin^iton. .\. ('.. Motts of to-day mav he his 
de.scendants. 

Adam-, the youngest son of Adam' Molt, lived at Cow Xec-k. lie 
mar. 1T3'<J Phebe Willets and died Dee. lu. IT.'JS. They were l-'riends. 
His two sons were Adam-' and Stephen'^ 

Adane'. older son of Adam- Mott, born l<i, lo. IT.'!!, was of Cow 
Neck, (Xortli) Hempstead, married 1755 Sarah Willis, and sec- 
ondly, IT80, Abigail Batty. He died U, IS, ITIHi. His two sons 
Adam'* and SanuieH both left male issue. Adam-*, born (10), 11. 
1T()'.^, nuir 1TS5, Anne"', dan. of dames Mott. of the liiehltell- .Mott 
branch, and died at Eochester I80!). Their children were James°, 
Sarah^, the wife of Silas Cornell, ^Nfary W.-'"', the wife of Robert Hicks, 
Abigail L.", wife of Lindley M. ^loore, and TJichard''. The eldest of 
these, Janies^'', born G, "^U, 1T8S, married J.ueretia Collin, who was 
afterwards famous as a lecturer and preacher. Their son, Thomas", 
of Radnor, near rhiladel})hia, is the oldest representative of the 
3'oungest branch of Adam' .MotCs family, and is without male issue. 
The youngest son of Adani^, l\ichard'', born duly '21. 1S(»4, removed 
to Toledo, where he became a prominent citizen, and died 1S8S with- 
out male issue. 

Samuel.^ the younger son of Adam"', born !», V.K 1TT;>, married 
Catherine Appleby and lived at Cow Xeek. He died in 18(il. His 
issue Avere Leonard-"', Thomas-'', Saralv'*. the wife of Benjamin Willis, 
and Silas^. LeonaiTp, the oldest, born 179U, married Hannah C. 
Willis and died in ISlHi; his sons Edward" and Samuel" are of Port 
Washington. Thomas'', born 1801, died unmar. lS(i(t. Silas-', the 
vouuirest of the familv. born 4, 4, 1807, married Marv Willis, and 
died 1881, leaving an only son, Thomas", born T. v!4, 1845, mar. 
Martha Willets, and for many years has occupied the old Mott home- 
stead on the west shore of Hempstead Harbor. 

Stephen-*, the youngest child of Adam-, horn (•.' ) 1. 1T3G, was of 
Cow Xeck. His wife was Amy Willis. He died 11, 11, 18i;{. His 
issue were •Daniel"'. Phebe"'. ^lary^. -Tane^, AbigaiP, Steidu-n-* who 
died a child, and Henry^. 

Daniel^, the eldest, born 10, 10, 1703, married Amy Searing and 
died 1837, leaving a large family of ehildren. Of his sous, Stephen^ 
was of Battle Creek, ^lich.. where his descendants still live, dohn^ 
was of the West with female issue onlv, and Joseph Prior-' was of 
Auburn, X. Y., father of Rev. William Lucas" ^lott of ilodisto, Cal. 
Henry"*, the youngest child of Stephen^, born 7, 17, 1782, married 
TempWance Hicks 1811, and died 8, 17, 1851, leaving three children, 
Adam^, (born 1813, died 1881, whose son George F", is of Brooklyn.) 



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Koiijaiiiin"'. wlio died cliildloss in Isijl, and Elizabeth"^, the wife of 
Hoiirv n. Barrow. 

Among tlie many Ijranchcs of the Motts that are not, as yet, to be 
foniu'ctcd, indisputably, with the parent stock is a large detachment 
descended from one John of Hempstead by his wife Kebecca. He 
was born as early as in 1G8-), and died 1750-1, at Hempstead. H is 
likely thai he was the oldest son of John^. Proof of the connection 
shoidd be carft'ullv sought anuing the private records about Heni]v 
stoad. 1 1 is Will, proved ITol, furnishes the only authentic record 
of the family that has yet appeared. His children were John'*, died 
in his fatlier's life time, Samuel"*, Jacob^, Sarah-*, Martha-*, Jehu-*, 
l^'bcci-a-*, riiebe-*, and ^licajah-*. 

Samuel-*, b. 17 1'^, married Hannah Wood, was of Hempstead, 
died 1780, leaving sons Richard''*, SamueP, and John'*. Richard-^, 

boi'ii K;>8, married Phebe and died 1775, leavmg one son 

James** of Wi'stbury, the weaver, whose son James" was the father 
of the present William K.^ of Glenwood Landing. Samuel"', the 
youngest son, born 1742, married Amy Raynor, was of Merrieks, and 
died 1793, Jiad sons William'* of derricks, W^illet**, grocer of Xew 
York, Elijah'* of ]\lerri('ks, Samuel'*, the Sheriff of Queens County, 
who died 1850, Joseph" of Freeport (whose son Silvanus^ lately died 
at Freeport,) and Benjamin**. John'% second son of Samuel^, l)orn 
1745, died 1824, married Abigail Hall. Their son John'^, born 1783, 
married Hannah Townsend and died 1848, leaving many descendants. 

Jacob-*, son of John-"^ and Rebecca, was of Rethpage, married 
Keziah Seaman, and died al)out 1782. Of his children, Jacob S.^ 
was merchant of Xew York, and seems to have died 1820, leaving 
only two daughters. Samnel Nottingham^, the other son, married 
Phei)e (icdney, was a merchant of New York and fatlier of John 
(iedney'* of New York, whose son Lawrence Proudfoot^ died in New 
York 1897, leaving only son, the present Lewis Camp^ Mott of New 
York. 

Jeliu^, the next son of Jolin and Rebecca, was born 9, 2(), 1723, 
married Ruth Powell, was a Quaker preacher, and died 1782, leaving 
two sons, John-"* and tTehu"*. John-'', born 1750, was of Patchogue, 
died 1828, leaving many descendants who are to be found to-day in 
that vicinity. Jelni'', born 175(;, came to New Y(U-k, married Ruth 
]-5urtis, died iSdl, and was the father of William Burtis'* ]\Iott, 
Keeper at Blaekwell's Island. 

Micajah-*, the youngest son of John and Kebecea, Ixn-n May. 23, 
1735, was (»f Hempstead with wife Raebel. lie died 1781. leaving 
three sons Mica jab'', Israel', and John"'. Micajah-* mar. 1785 Ann 
Flowers, and died jirobably not long l)efore 182(5, heaving sons 
William", Oliver", John'"', and Israel", the last of whom left N. Y. 
in a schooner for Key West in .\ov., 1.S34, and was never again heard 
from. Israel'', b. I 111, grocer of X. Y., and later of White Plains, 
married Charity llaviland and died in 1859, leaving sons W^illiam**, 
Solomon", John", and Israel A.". Of John^ nothing is learned. 



FAMILY OF 
JAMES AND ANNA (ROGERS) MOTT 



Jariics' Moit, cjilk-d "Jr." and "of Ilcmiistt'iid," wan niarricil at 
irimtiii^loii, Fc'l). ^, 17-IT-8, (o Anna Ii<)<,fcis. His dcsccndaiils asw-Tt 
lli.it lu" was l)orn on Lon^^ Island, ()c(. I'r2'\. lie may have \h'vj\ a 
^n-andson of John- of ll(.'tn[is(cad, tlirou^di .lain<'s-\ who ccrtainlv 
was living in llcnipstoad (South) in IVv'T, and (if whom \\v know 
nothing furthor. Or, he inay liave hcen a grandson of .laiiics-, whos<' 
son Jamos-' was of Maniaroncck in 1728, and llun disiipix-ars. James* 
rcmovt'il with his family about 17(i:;J to Dutchoss Co., in wliat is now 
Washington, and died there Oct., 1770. His i.ssue were Jariun^, I). 
1750, John^, b. 175^5, Jemima-''', mar. Sylvester Sweet, Zehulon'', h. 
17.'>7, AnlIa^ 'mar. Stejdien Titus, Jesse-'^', h. ]1(\2, l{hoda-', mar. 
Silas Huight, Samuel"', h. 17ti(j, iMartha-'', mar. J<is<'|>li I)n\i<. ;nid 
Deborah''", died young. 

Janies-'^, h. 1750, mar. .Mary Denton, and died in Dutehess Co. 
ISOS, leaving sons Denton", Hamilton", Kgliert I'enson'", I'.arton''. 
and James''. The two okler sons were living with thi'ir mother in 
iloreau, Saratoga Co., in 1825, removed to IVnn., and suhse<|uently 
to Calhoun Co., ifiohigan. Egbert R." was of Indiana, the fatlier 
of John Crenville^ i^lott, now of Miehigan City, Ind. 

Joliu'% b. 175o. mar. ,Ian(! Mabliett and removed in 1801 from 
Dutehess Co. to Bridgewater, Oneida Co., where he died 18;{;{, having 
sons Joseph", Samuel M.", John", and I'armenos". Jos^'ph" rnar. 
Susan Germond and died in Utiea 1823, the father of four soiis, and 
great grandfather of the present John Thomas'* Mott of Oswego. 
Samuel M." was of I'ittslnirg and Wellsville. I'enn. John'' was 
of Oneida Co., mar. Eliza Williams and died 1874, the father of six 
sons. Parmenos" mar. Olive Khodes and died 18(50 at Utiea. 

Zebulon^', b. 1757, early settled in Half Moon, Saratoga Co., wln-rc 
he was Supervisor in 1801, and always prominent in pvdilie alfairs. 
He mar. Rebecca Smith and died 1842, the father of James", ThomaH 
S.«, William", and John". Of these, James", the eldest, was of 
Moreau, mar. .\nstis ^lerritt, and left a large family. Thomas S." 
mar. Magdaline N'anderburgh, was of ^loreau, and left many descend- 
ants. William" mar. Sarali Merritt and died at Clens Kails. John" 
was of Half Moon, mar. Jane Gates, and was the father of Samuel 
K." of Kouckvillc, ami John Owen* Alott, the late nuigistrate of New 
York C:ity. 

Jesse^, b. 17(i2, was of Saratoga, a Justice, SuiHTvisor, and Mem- 
ber of Assembly, mar. Amy West and had sons John Rogers", James". 
Jesse**, Saniufl J.", and Lafayette." John Rogers", the eldest, die(l 
at Schuylerville 185(1, leaving issue. James" lived and died in Sara- 
toga, leaving issue. Jesse" was of Saratoga, died 1845. Samud .1." 
mar. Amelia Wright, was of Saratoga, and had sons William Henry' 
and Jesse ShepanF of Saratoga Springs. Lafayette" mar. Mary .\. 
Weston, died in Saratoga 1S72, the fatlier of several sons. 

Samuel"', b. \l(Ui, the only son of James^ who remaine<l in 
Dutchess Co., was of Washington, a school teacher, and the editor 
of :Mott's Alnumae. He was living as late as 18:5(1, Imt I have learni-il 
nothing of his family. 



WANTED 



■^^ropios of MoTT BiBi.E "REConns of births, mnrriacos and deaths. 

"Allocations of Mott FAini Biiwial places, jjarticularly on Long 
Island. 

■^^Information concerning descendants of Adani^ Mott, the oldest 
son of Adaln^ of Hempstead. The only son was Adam^, sometime 
county clerk of h'iclnnoml and later of the " Privince of Penn.*' where 
lie died before March, 1749. If the male line survives it is, ap- 
parently, through KiehbclH, who may have been with his father in 
IViin. 

°^What became of James Mott-^ son of James-, who was of 
Mamaroneck in 17'2S? 

■^^John of Hem])stead, wife Pcbecca, the father of Jehu and 
■Micajah, in his will of 1750. mentions the family burying ground on 
the farm. Where was it? 

■^-^Information of the descendants of the first Patrick-"*? 

■^Who was James Mott, the glover of Ann St., New York, from 
17S0 to 175)(), ])erha])s the same man who in 1799 was living at 184 
William St.. and whose widow Catharine continued at the same ad- 
dress until 1810? 

"^Wlio was John Mott, the butcher of New York, who in 1758, 
married x\nna Somerendyke, and, of loyal propensities, withdrew to 
St. John, where be died in 1812? It is claimed that he was of Long 
Island origin. 

■^^Wbo was Hichard ^lott of Herricks who died in 1780, naming 
in his will brother Seaman Mott. and sister Sarah Manlove? 

■^^Wbo was Joseph ^lott of Rockaway, whose will of 1763 names 
brothers James and John, and sons Benjamin and Joseph? 

■^^Who was Samuel Mott of Hempstead whose will of 1805 names 
wife Deborah and sons Samuel, John and Jose])h? 

■"^Who was Benjamin Mott of Hempstead who, in his will of 1805, 
gives land near Grassy Pond to son Smith, and names, besides, sons 
William and Benjamin? 

tt^Who was John Barnes Mott who was killed Dec. 19, 1822, by 
'•aving-in of a well at Hempstead, leaving a large family? 

■^^Who was Jonathan Mott, weaver, of Queens Co., who married 
1773, Jane Burtis? 

■^^Who was Joseph ^lott who uiarried 1752 Del)orah Woods, and 
had chiblren bajjtised 1)V the ministin* of St. {ieorge's Hem])stead, 
Mary in 1755, and Thomas in 1701? 

■^Who was Joseph Mott who married 1779 Polly Soutluvard? 

■^^Who was ,Josi'|)h Moll, hulcber and innkeeper in N. Y. 1784- 
1K05, with wile Lvdia? 

■^Who was Richard Molt who married 17(i() Jane I'cttit. both of 
(Queens Co.? 

■^ Wlio was Snimiel Mott of ll(>m[)st(^ad wlio married 1755 Keliecca 
Molt? 

■^^Wlio was Stephen C. Mott, the brassfdunder of New York t'l-oin 
1828 to 1838? 

'^"'"Wbo was Williaui Moll wlio mai-ricd 1750 Mary Seaman and 
(bfd at New (iarden. IN'un., n()5? His will was ])roved in New 
York, he of Mamaroneck. and names miiioi- chiblren iuul ln'olliei'-in- 
law John Townseiid. 



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